AWEA Wind Power Asset Management Workshop

The American Wind Energy Association welcomes your participation in the 3rd annual AWEA Wind Power Asset Management Workshop taking place January 17 - 18, 2008 in San Diego, California. The workshop will offer you the very latest information in wind project operations, maintenance, and safety issues.

Program Chairperson:
Mike Kelly, Director, Operations Services, Horizon Wind Energy

Workshop Topics
Topics to be covered include:
-Introduction to Operations & Maintenance Issues
- Individual Turbine and Overall Plant Performance Verification
- Why is America's Availability Lower than Europe's
- Life Cycle Costs
- Wind Turbine Condition Monitoring and Reliability Assessment
- Fault and Failure Analysis / Problem Resolution
- SCADA Data Mining and IT Needs to Improve Plant Operation and Downtime
- Current Safety and Health Issues at Wind Plants
- Lightning Damage - "What Should Be Expected?"
- Enterprise SCADA Providers
- Post-Warranty Service Options - "Meeting the Need"
- Gearbox Reliability Experience
- Forecasting Performance
- NERC Compliance
- Educating Future Technicians
- Panel Discussion - Pre End-of-Warranty Inspection Process

Program schedule and topics subject to change. Speakers to be announced shortly. Visit http://www.awea.org/events/am2008/ for the latest program agenda.

Registration Details
Register by January 4 for discounted prices!

On-line registration, pricing, and other registration details are now available at http://www.awea.org/events/am2008/registration.html

Hotel & Travel Information
Book your hotel room at The Westin Horton Plaza for the AWEA discounted rate of $199 single / $219 double plus applicable taxes. Click Here to book your hotel reservation on-line or call (800) Westin1 or (800) 937-8461 and indicate you are with the American Wind Energy Association.

A limited number of discounted hotel rooms have been arranged for workshop attendees. The discounted rate will be offered while availability remains up to Thursday, January 3. Once the discounted rooms are sold out, or after January 3 (whichever comes first), the hotel may charge a higher rate for any remaining room inventory.

Travel information including details on the closest airports, parking, ground transportation, and driving directions can be found at http://www.awea.org/events/am2008/hotel_and_travel.html

Exhibition Opportunities
A limited number of exhibition spots are available at this workshop. Reach your target audience for high quality interaction with leading wind professionals in the operations and maintenance fields.

Contact Lori Rugh at lrugh@awea.org or (661) 821-2149 for more exhibition information.

Why Attend AWEA Events?
The revenue generated from AWEA events is put right back into services that promote and advance the wind industry. Examples include promoting favorable policies (such as the PTC and RPS) through work with our government legislators, wind visibility campaigns, communicating and educating America on the benefits of wind energy, addressing environmental concerns, pushing for advanced transmission access for wind, and many others. ONLY AWEA puts your dollars to work on advancing the wind energy industry.

For the latest information on AWEA events, visit www.awea.org/events